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[209.85.208.52]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a640c23a62f3a-a79bc7f1ef5sm142904566b.134.2024.07.14.10.08.06 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 14 Jul 2024 10:08:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-ed1-f52.google.com with SMTP id 4fb4d7f45d1cf-58e76294858so7920398a12.0 for ; Sun, 14 Jul 2024 10:08:06 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a50:d58e:0:b0:58c:5ee3:30ca with SMTP id 4fb4d7f45d1cf-59961245c8amr5524935a12.0.1720976886058; Sun, 14 Jul 2024 10:08:06 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: ksummit@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Linus Torvalds Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2024 10:07:48 -0700 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: Proposal: Enhancing Commit Tagging for Stable Kernel Branches To: Sasha Levin Cc: ksummit@lists.linux.dev, Greg KH Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 at 05:31, Sasha Levin wrote: > > One of the main issues is that most Fixes-tagged commits (>80%) end up > in a stable tree, leading some authors to omit the Stable tag > altogether. So as others have said, the fix to two confusing tags is not to introduce *more* tags. That only adds to the confusion. I honestly personally will likely not ever use any more tags than the ones we already have. Every single "let's add a new tag" proposal I've ever seen has been pure garbage. People see one problem and want to fix it by introducing a tag, and think tags magically would fix it, when adding more tags will only cause more confusion and make the existing tags less obvious. Linus